LyricRat: Identify Songs Using Twitter

When I hear a song that I want to identify, I usually try to remember the lyrics and then just Google them when I get to a computer. That usually works, but I often have to dig my way through various sites that collect lyrics to find the right artist and song combination; some sites will identify the artist, others identify the song, and others make you scroll through the discography before you can find the song you're looking for.

LyricRat helps you identify a song by even a few words of its lyrics. You can use the service's Web page, but where LyricRat really shines is on Twitter. Send LyricRat a direct message or reply at Twitter with the lyrics you've heard and the service will instantly respond with the right song.

LyricRat's Web site works just like most other popular song lyric search engines. Just type in the lyrics and the service will try to identify the song you heard. If LyricRat incorrectly identifies the song, the service provides some alternative suggestions that might be the track you're looking for. Since the service was built in partnership with Amazon, when you find a song you can preview it in an embedded AmazonMP3 widget or click to purchase it.

While the Web search engine is useful, the service was really built to serve the Twitter audience. Simply send a tweet with a few words from the song you want to identify to the service's Twitter account, and you'll get a response with the song that you're looking for and a link to the song's page at LyricRat so you can listen to or purchase the MP3. The service even allows you to keep your lyric searches private; if you follow LyricRat, the service will follow you back so you can trade searches as direct messages.

LyricRat is perfect for those times when you hear a song out in public and can only remember a snippet of the lyrics. For users of mobile phones where you may have text but not Mobile Web, the fact that the service integrates with Twitter is a huge help. Even if you do have access to the Web, searching a site designed to look up Lyrics may be a better option than a Google search.

Whether you hear enough to properly identify the song in a Google search or you just want a music search engine that gives you more than a single result when you type in the lyrics you overheard, LyricRat can help.

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